KNOP Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, KNOP traded between $25.61 and $28.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.3%, placing in the 5.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-27: Highest Volume — 95 contracts
  • 2014-08-14: Largest IV drop — 56.1% change
  • 2014-08-13: Highest IV Rank — 23.5%
  • 2014-08-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.06$25.61$28.14$26.45$28.05
Max Pain$25.33$25.00$30.00$30.00$25.00
ATM IV25.3%15.7%51.7%24.3%17.3%
Expected Move5.9%4.6%7.7%7.0%5.1%
HV 20d22.7%18.1%27.0%18.1%19.9%
HV 60d24.0%23.3%24.9%23.5%23.3%
IV Rank5.8%0.0%23.5%4.6%1.1%
IV Percentile21.8%0.0%76.2%14.3%2.0%
Term Structure1.8%-7.2%12.8%-7.2%6.1%
VWIV20.2%18.9%22.3%19.3%22.3%
Skew 25d6.5%-2.5%17.4%-2.5%9.1%
Skew 10d10.1%-4.5%20.2%-4.5%13.4%
Call IV 25d18.8%11.0%27.3%27.3%16.5%
Put IV 25d25.3%20.1%30.3%24.8%25.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %120.91106.23129.16115.02125.19
Gamma HHI0.930.620.990.970.98
Net GEX14.7K2.3K34.2K5.6K34.1K
Net DEX-77.4K-195.0K6.3K-14.1K-195.0K
Net VEX-781-1.4K-342-402-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.490.000.00
Total Volume11.52409500
Total OI294.571249403274403

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$26.45$30.0024.3%7.0%18.1%4.6%0.0%-2.5%-7.2%5.6K-14.1K-4020.00115.020025816
2014-08-04$26.70$0.0030.9%5.9%18.6%9.1%0.0%2.5%-1.1%9.2K-33.8K-5550.00115.730025816
2014-08-05$26.25$0.0031.4%6.0%19.3%9.5%0.0%-1.6%5.8%8.8K-39.9K-6160.00117.770025816
2014-08-06$25.85$0.0029.5%7.7%19.4%8.2%0.0%4.8%-3.6%4.4K-13.1K-3810.00106.230025816
2014-08-07$25.61$0.0030.6%6.9%19.5%8.9%0.0%0.2%-6.4%4.4K-12.1K-4070.00120.130025816
2014-08-08$25.72$0.0030.2%5.4%19.7%8.6%19.3%-0.1%0.8%3.8K-6.8K-3600.00115.6501025816
2014-08-11$26.09$25.0043.4%6.4%20.3%17.7%0.0%0.5%-3.4%3.7K-1.7K-3780.00117.650025826
2014-08-12$25.79$25.0042.2%6.5%20.2%16.9%0.0%1.8%-2.1%2.3K6.3K-3420.00120.131025826
2014-08-13$25.93$25.0051.7%6.6%20.4%23.5%0.0%-2.1%-3.8%6.6K-22.8K-5250.00120.5122025926
2014-08-14$26.74$25.0022.7%6.5%23.9%3.4%0.0%3.5%0.6%7.1K-21.5K-4620.00116.941025926
2014-08-15$27.21$25.0024.7%7.1%25.0%4.8%0.0%3.9%-2.9%12.1K-50.5K-6650.00116.480025826
2014-08-18$27.95$0.0017.3%5.0%26.8%0.0%18.9%12.7%-1.3%19.0K-101.1K-8610.49126.25371822326
2014-08-19$27.81$25.0016.4%5.3%26.9%0.0%0.0%14.4%0.6%19.6K-88.6K-9030.00126.9722025326
2014-08-20$27.80$25.0017.4%5.0%26.9%0.7%0.0%12.4%12.8%19.3K-95.3K-9260.00125.840025326
2014-08-21$28.02$25.0016.4%6.2%27.0%0.1%22.3%17.4%7.8%21.1K-146.2K-1.1K0.00125.5831025326
2014-08-22$27.99$25.0015.7%4.6%26.3%0.0%0.0%16.8%8.0%23.2K-144.4K-1.2K0.00128.303028026
2014-08-25$28.00$25.0017.1%5.4%26.3%1.0%0.0%8.8%7.6%23.4K-147.0K-1.2K0.00128.212028026
2014-08-26$28.05$25.0017.7%5.4%26.3%1.3%0.0%15.7%7.1%23.4K-148.1K-1.2K0.00129.160028226
2014-08-27$28.05$25.0017.1%4.9%26.0%0.9%0.0%8.5%6.3%24.3K-156.9K-1.2K0.00116.3895028226
2014-08-28$28.14$25.0017.3%5.3%20.3%1.1%0.0%10.8%6.8%34.2K-193.2K-1.4K0.00124.930037726
2014-08-29$28.05$25.0017.3%5.1%19.9%1.1%0.0%9.1%6.1%34.1K-195.0K-1.4K0.00125.190037726